Discover why you should test your soil in January, with insights from a garden expert. Get ahead of the growing season by ...

The question I receive most frequently from vegetable gardeners: How much fertilizer should I apply? The second most frequently asked question: How can I get better vegetable yields in my garden? Both ...

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Whether you’re preparing for your first garden, planning next year’s plantings after a successful harvest or looking to install a lawn, your first step should be conducting a soil test. “Soil is one ...

Now that we have experienced the first frost of the season, and the growing season for most garden and home landscape plants has come to an end, we as gardeners tend to start thinking about things we ...

Learn when to sample corn plants, how to interpret results and how to use tissue testing data to improve your nutrient ...

Learn how to test soil early, prepare well and plant cotton into the right conditions for uniform stands and lasting yield potential.

Agricultural soil testing is critical to determining soil’s nutrient concentration and variability across your fields. It is ideal to test your fields’ soil at least every two to three years to inform ...

I’ve heard people say that it is impossible to know what kind of fertilizer and how much to use if you don’t know the chemistry of your soil. Is this true? RD The short answer to this question is yes, ...

Everyone plants around their homes and gardens and they want the plant to thrive. However, something we forget is it all begins with the soil. Poor soil produces poor performance — in the hay meadow ...

I want to plant a blueberry bush this spring, but prior attempts have failed. I’ve read that they require acidic soil. Could ...